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Table 2 Detection and recognition thresholds of pre-diabetics, diabetics and normoglycemic controls

From: Sweet taste sensitivity in pre-diabetics, diabetics and normoglycemic controls: a comparative cross sectional study

 

Normoglycemic controls (n = 34)

Pre-diabetics (n = 40)

Diabetics (n = 40)

p value

Post hoc test (p value)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Mean (SD)

Detection Threshold (mol/L)

0.015 (0.01)

0.018 (0.01)

0.025 (0.01)

0.04

0.03*

Recognition Threshold (mol/L)

0.043 (0.03)

0.044 (0.02)

0.054 (0.07)

0.35

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  1. SD – standard deviation.
  2. *Normoglycemic controls were significantly different to diabetics.